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C h o p p i n g B l o c k
Hughes diaregardi
Faculty Senate ‘right­sizing'
proposal
P f N N Y - P l N C H I M ( i
Commentary, Pige 8
THE
UMBERJAC Northern Arizona University ♦ Flagstaff, Arizona
\folume 88, Issue 13 8 COPYRIGHT 1993 Wednesday, April 21,1993
$ 2 5 0 , $ 3 5 0 i n c r e a s e s
See related story, Middle-class students
tofeel major brunt of tuition increase, Page 5*
was no increase last year," she said. “I think
tuition should be increased in accordance
with the inflation rate.”
Evans said there is too much uncertainty
when it comes to the increases. “Students
need to know well in advance what the
increase will be. (Finding out in April) does
not give students much time to prepare,”
she said. -
University President Eugene M. Hughes
said he believes there will be an increase for
1994-95.
“I think the regents will try to keep it as
low as possible," he said.
Sharon Marmaduke, university budget
director, said she thinksa tuition increase is
likely if the state’s financial crisis remains
unchanged.
“Things are probably not going to get a
whole lot better,” she said.
As part o f the increase package, regents
agreed to prohibit the universities from raising
campus-wide fees without permission.
The increase is expected to net NAU $2.7
million in new revenue, which is expected
tohelp offsetaprojected $2million shortfall.
However. Marmaduke said academic cut­ting
would continue regardlessofhowmuch
revenue is generated by the increase.
Right-sizing’ con tin ues wh etherwe have
enough money or not," she said. “It’s a
pledge to the Legislature to deal with long­term
cost-cutting because our financial situ­ation
isn’t getting any better.”
She said the university should not thin k of
“right-sizing” as a short-term problem that
could be circumvented by tuition revenue.
Hughes said NAU made a deal with the
Legislature to cut costs if the university
recievedmore state money than in previous
years.
Marmaduke said the possible $700,000
left after the shortfall will be used for “the
enhancement of quality” in accordance to
the NAU mission statement. Hughes said
areas of enhan cement have not been deter­mined
yet
‘right-sizing’ plan
By John Die
The Lumberjack
Members o f the Faculty Senate were disappointed Monday as University
President Eugene M. Hughes rejected a majority of the budget-reducdon
plan prepared by the faculty.
Hughes indicated the possibility of returning to his original plan to
eliminate 19 programs proposed last fall.
Hughes shot down a large portion of the faculty’s plan by labeling
approximately $2 million of the faculty's $3-5 million in proposed savings as
inappropriate.
“As best as I can tell, the Senate Budget Review Committee has recom­mended
$1.5 million in legitimate and appropriate budget reductions"
Hughes said. “Of that $1.5 million, approximately $250,000 might be
implemented in fiscal year 1994."
Hughes said he did not feel that $250,000 would satisfy NAU’s commit­ment
to the Arizona Board ofRegentsand the state Legislature tocut funds.
Hughes hinted at a return to his original “right-sizing" plan by reading a
letter to the Faculty Senate which was sen t to h im by a faculty staff member.
The letter expressed support for Hughes’ original plan, saying, “I and
many others, both in my department and out, think that the ‘right-sizing
plan you originally proposed was the best one for the university.*’ Hughes
declined to say who the letter was from.
One of the biggest blows to the faculty was Hughes’ rejection of the
proposal to suspend “enhancements." The faculty’s plan estimates more
than $500,000 could be saved during this year by delaying such enhance-
See HUGHES, Page 6
Landlords face
student criticism
By Erica Gies
The Lumbojick
Stud en ts making plans for off-campus
housing in the fall may
want to use caution when con­sidering
housing near campus.
Some students claim land­lords
renting property close to
NAU are living just within the
letter of the law by taking advan­tage
of students.
They say landlords are charg­ing
exoribitant rates, not fulfill­ing
written or spoken agree­ments,
and not fixing hazard­ous
problems with the property.
Derek Simms, former NAU
environ menial law studen t who
currently has an internship in
Phoenix, was renting a property
on South Elden when Joseph
Kavanagh and M. L. Katz pur­chased
i t Simms had been pay­ing
$350-per~month rent, hut
Xmnaghgarc him one month's
notice and r u e d the rent to
$550 without nuking any im­provements
on the property.
Simms seed, T here were holes
papernwan ie.My m ena w ufic
W k
my deposit. The lease says if
utilities go into the landlord’s
name becasue of non-payment,
he can charge $50.1t wasn’t that
I didn’t pay my bills, though. I
just took the account out of my
name because I was moving."
After repeated attempts to
discuss the co m p lain ts,
Kavanagh had no answers to
specific questions about the ac­cusations
of Simms, Davison,
Patterson o r Hannon.
When questioned he said, "I
have no interest in talking."
George Davison, junior busi- ,
ness major, Dirk Hannon, se­nior
forestry major an d Hamish
Patterson,junior chemistry ma­jor
also had problems in deal­ing
with Kavanagh.Davisofi
signed a lease with Kavanagh in
July of 1992, to move into the
old Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater­nity
house off of Butler Road.
Davison sad, -On the lease it
said, "to move in,’and (Kavanagh)
wrote in ‘Sept 1.**
On Sept 1, 1992, the house
was still not done being remod­eled.
> % -V'-
He then told Davison that he
tiio k ih an to thekase
. 5 would be ready in tine), fee-o
«t, he wouldn't give me back See LANDLORDS, P*ge 7
See ASNAU Page 7
English 101,102 to be merged to one class
ByPJNeary
Special to the Lumberjack
Beginning next fall, incoming students at NAU
will not have to complete two semesters of fresh­man
compositon, raising concern among some
students and faculty who are unhappy with the
quality of student writing.
The change was decided upon last fall by the
English Department and its Composition Com­mittee.
Currently, NAU students are required to com­plete
English 101 and 102 for three credit hours
each. .
The new program will only re quire the comple­tion
of English 105, a one-semester, four-credit
course titled Critical Reading and Writing in the
Umvenity Community.
Geoff Chase, director of composbon, said the
restructuringwill notrequire any additional funds
and nuy actually reduce coats.
Chase said the change wiS allow graduate assb>
tants to aid in writing-intensive courses in other
The reetiucturing will reduce the work load
placed on graduate aubtants by requiring that
they only teach one section of cosnpostion per
semester.
‘The goal of any writing course is to maintain
high standards, but this course will be structured
not to leave anybody out," he said.
The new structure will have a thematic focus,
Chase said.
The courses will stress one theme per semester
and the courses nextfallwill spotlight the environ­m
ent
This semester, 15 instructors are using the new
format in their courses, he said.
Pete Andersen, a freshman computer informa­tion
systems major, said his instructor is foil owing
the new guidelines.
Thew ayit’s set up now, 1 think the students get
bored with one topic per semester," he said. “I
know 1 am. How much can you write about the
environment before it gets boring."
The new format will require students to write
nine essays during the semester and to be evalu­ated
on five they include in their final portfolio.
At mid-semster, students will submit a prelimi­nary
portfolio which will include three essays, one
of which ss chosen by the student
Nicole Wardlaw, a freshman speech pathology
major, is worried about the new format being
used in her ckss this semester.
"This way we don’t kncwrhcwrwe’re doing until
mid-semester," she said.
Chase said the essays are graded by two instruc­tors
for an average grade, and if there is a tie a
third instructor is consulted.
Ward law said, "It makes it hard because when
you have one teacheryou get to know what he or
she expects."
Chase said he thinks the new approach will
make students work harder by forcing them to
clarify their thinking.
Some NAU faculty are concerned with the
quality of writing they currently receive from
students and they worry that reducing freshman
compositon to one semester will not improve
student writing.
Assistant Professor of Journalism Ralph L
Hanson said, T h e re is a real problem with
student writing at this university.
"Students are inadequately prepared in En­glish
and I don’t knosM that freshman English is
addressing the problem."
Chase said the new structure will stress quality
in student writing, and the quantity will only
diminish by one essay from the two*emester
structure. The maximum class size will be re­duced
from 24 students to 20.
Hanson said beisunsurewho should have the
responsibility o f teaching term-paper writing.
However, he said he would be in favor of
instituting a college writing course in the NAU
curriculum which would give students the skills
See ENGLISH, Page 7
Tiff an I Fradricks, 5, hugs Woodsy Owl Saturday, during 1hs Earth Day Festival at R Iordan Ranch State
Park. Tha festival waa held to promote Earth Day, which ia Thursday. jr
wants
election
nulled By Lukas Vehish
The Lumberjack
Presidential candidate Antonio
Felix said he wants the entire Associ­ated
Students of NAU election of
April 5 thrown out
In an appeal ten tatively scheduled
to be heard by the ASNAU Supreme
Court Friday, Felix will ask that the
ASNAU elections be dismissed based
on the court’s ruling that the elec­tion
c ommission had n o au thori ty to
disqualify Erik Anderson as a presi­dential
candidate for 11 election-code
violations.
In Felix'sappeal he said since the
commission did not have a constitu­tional
right to disqualify Anderson,
it c ould n o tlegitimate ly conduct the
ASNAU election.
Felix said if the election is thrown
ou tandelection sare postponed until
next fall, he won’t be a candidate.
He said it’s a matter of principle.
“We cannotaccept the results ofa
election in which there was no
mechanism to disqualify someone
who cheated,” Felix said. “Erik
Anderson set us on this path of de­struction
, all I’m doing is cleaning
up the consequences of his actions."
He said ASNAU can’t enforce its
constitution in a “half-assed" man­ner
— instead, he said it must be
T u i t i o n s e t
Felix
Increase nets NAU
$2.6 million, budget
cuts still planned
By Damon d in e
The Lumbeijack .
PHOENIX— The Arizona Board of Re­gents
raised 199^04 resident tuition by$250
and non-resident tuition by $350 last week,
and officials are not counting out the possi­bility
of an increase in 1994-95.
After Recreation Center and financial aid
fees are levied, 1993-94 NAU resident tu­ition
will total $1,844 per year, while yearly
non-resident tuition will climb to $6,596.
The 16 percent resident increase is the
largest in Arizona history. The non-resident
is the largest increase since NAU tuition was
raised from $4,954 to $5,854 in 1990-91.
Regents President Andrew Hurwitz said
several unknown factors, such as nextyear’s
budget, keep regents from ruling out an
increase for 1994-95.
“If there is an increase, I would hope it’sat
the rate of inflation," he said. “I would hope
we would not have an increase of this
magnatude next year."
Rhian Evans, outgoing student regent,
agreed with Hurwitz and said she would like
to see tuition increases better regulated.
“This year we reallvpaid for it because there Hughes denounces

C h o p p i n g B l o c k
Hughes diaregardi
Faculty Senate ‘right­sizing'
proposal
P f N N Y - P l N C H I M ( i
Commentary, Pige 8
THE
UMBERJAC Northern Arizona University ♦ Flagstaff, Arizona
\folume 88, Issue 13 8 COPYRIGHT 1993 Wednesday, April 21,1993
$ 2 5 0 , $ 3 5 0 i n c r e a s e s
See related story, Middle-class students
tofeel major brunt of tuition increase, Page 5*
was no increase last year," she said. “I think
tuition should be increased in accordance
with the inflation rate.”
Evans said there is too much uncertainty
when it comes to the increases. “Students
need to know well in advance what the
increase will be. (Finding out in April) does
not give students much time to prepare,”
she said. -
University President Eugene M. Hughes
said he believes there will be an increase for
1994-95.
“I think the regents will try to keep it as
low as possible," he said.
Sharon Marmaduke, university budget
director, said she thinksa tuition increase is
likely if the state’s financial crisis remains
unchanged.
“Things are probably not going to get a
whole lot better,” she said.
As part o f the increase package, regents
agreed to prohibit the universities from raising
campus-wide fees without permission.
The increase is expected to net NAU $2.7
million in new revenue, which is expected
tohelp offsetaprojected $2million shortfall.
However. Marmaduke said academic cut­ting
would continue regardlessofhowmuch
revenue is generated by the increase.
Right-sizing’ con tin ues wh etherwe have
enough money or not," she said. “It’s a
pledge to the Legislature to deal with long­term
cost-cutting because our financial situ­ation
isn’t getting any better.”
She said the university should not thin k of
“right-sizing” as a short-term problem that
could be circumvented by tuition revenue.
Hughes said NAU made a deal with the
Legislature to cut costs if the university
recievedmore state money than in previous
years.
Marmaduke said the possible $700,000
left after the shortfall will be used for “the
enhancement of quality” in accordance to
the NAU mission statement. Hughes said
areas of enhan cement have not been deter­mined
yet
‘right-sizing’ plan
By John Die
The Lumberjack
Members o f the Faculty Senate were disappointed Monday as University
President Eugene M. Hughes rejected a majority of the budget-reducdon
plan prepared by the faculty.
Hughes indicated the possibility of returning to his original plan to
eliminate 19 programs proposed last fall.
Hughes shot down a large portion of the faculty’s plan by labeling
approximately $2 million of the faculty's $3-5 million in proposed savings as
inappropriate.
“As best as I can tell, the Senate Budget Review Committee has recom­mended
$1.5 million in legitimate and appropriate budget reductions"
Hughes said. “Of that $1.5 million, approximately $250,000 might be
implemented in fiscal year 1994."
Hughes said he did not feel that $250,000 would satisfy NAU’s commit­ment
to the Arizona Board ofRegentsand the state Legislature tocut funds.
Hughes hinted at a return to his original “right-sizing" plan by reading a
letter to the Faculty Senate which was sen t to h im by a faculty staff member.
The letter expressed support for Hughes’ original plan, saying, “I and
many others, both in my department and out, think that the ‘right-sizing
plan you originally proposed was the best one for the university.*’ Hughes
declined to say who the letter was from.
One of the biggest blows to the faculty was Hughes’ rejection of the
proposal to suspend “enhancements." The faculty’s plan estimates more
than $500,000 could be saved during this year by delaying such enhance-
See HUGHES, Page 6
Landlords face
student criticism
By Erica Gies
The Lumbojick
Stud en ts making plans for off-campus
housing in the fall may
want to use caution when con­sidering
housing near campus.
Some students claim land­lords
renting property close to
NAU are living just within the
letter of the law by taking advan­tage
of students.
They say landlords are charg­ing
exoribitant rates, not fulfill­ing
written or spoken agree­ments,
and not fixing hazard­ous
problems with the property.
Derek Simms, former NAU
environ menial law studen t who
currently has an internship in
Phoenix, was renting a property
on South Elden when Joseph
Kavanagh and M. L. Katz pur­chased
i t Simms had been pay­ing
$350-per~month rent, hut
Xmnaghgarc him one month's
notice and r u e d the rent to
$550 without nuking any im­provements
on the property.
Simms seed, T here were holes
papernwan ie.My m ena w ufic
W k
my deposit. The lease says if
utilities go into the landlord’s
name becasue of non-payment,
he can charge $50.1t wasn’t that
I didn’t pay my bills, though. I
just took the account out of my
name because I was moving."
After repeated attempts to
discuss the co m p lain ts,
Kavanagh had no answers to
specific questions about the ac­cusations
of Simms, Davison,
Patterson o r Hannon.
When questioned he said, "I
have no interest in talking."
George Davison, junior busi- ,
ness major, Dirk Hannon, se­nior
forestry major an d Hamish
Patterson,junior chemistry ma­jor
also had problems in deal­ing
with Kavanagh.Davisofi
signed a lease with Kavanagh in
July of 1992, to move into the
old Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater­nity
house off of Butler Road.
Davison sad, -On the lease it
said, "to move in,’and (Kavanagh)
wrote in ‘Sept 1.**
On Sept 1, 1992, the house
was still not done being remod­eled.
> % -V'-
He then told Davison that he
tiio k ih an to thekase
. 5 would be ready in tine), fee-o
«t, he wouldn't give me back See LANDLORDS, P*ge 7
See ASNAU Page 7
English 101,102 to be merged to one class
ByPJNeary
Special to the Lumberjack
Beginning next fall, incoming students at NAU
will not have to complete two semesters of fresh­man
compositon, raising concern among some
students and faculty who are unhappy with the
quality of student writing.
The change was decided upon last fall by the
English Department and its Composition Com­mittee.
Currently, NAU students are required to com­plete
English 101 and 102 for three credit hours
each. .
The new program will only re quire the comple­tion
of English 105, a one-semester, four-credit
course titled Critical Reading and Writing in the
Umvenity Community.
Geoff Chase, director of composbon, said the
restructuringwill notrequire any additional funds
and nuy actually reduce coats.
Chase said the change wiS allow graduate assb>
tants to aid in writing-intensive courses in other
The reetiucturing will reduce the work load
placed on graduate aubtants by requiring that
they only teach one section of cosnpostion per
semester.
‘The goal of any writing course is to maintain
high standards, but this course will be structured
not to leave anybody out," he said.
The new structure will have a thematic focus,
Chase said.
The courses will stress one theme per semester
and the courses nextfallwill spotlight the environ­m
ent
This semester, 15 instructors are using the new
format in their courses, he said.
Pete Andersen, a freshman computer informa­tion
systems major, said his instructor is foil owing
the new guidelines.
Thew ayit’s set up now, 1 think the students get
bored with one topic per semester," he said. “I
know 1 am. How much can you write about the
environment before it gets boring."
The new format will require students to write
nine essays during the semester and to be evalu­ated
on five they include in their final portfolio.
At mid-semster, students will submit a prelimi­nary
portfolio which will include three essays, one
of which ss chosen by the student
Nicole Wardlaw, a freshman speech pathology
major, is worried about the new format being
used in her ckss this semester.
"This way we don’t kncwrhcwrwe’re doing until
mid-semester," she said.
Chase said the essays are graded by two instruc­tors
for an average grade, and if there is a tie a
third instructor is consulted.
Ward law said, "It makes it hard because when
you have one teacheryou get to know what he or
she expects."
Chase said he thinks the new approach will
make students work harder by forcing them to
clarify their thinking.
Some NAU faculty are concerned with the
quality of writing they currently receive from
students and they worry that reducing freshman
compositon to one semester will not improve
student writing.
Assistant Professor of Journalism Ralph L
Hanson said, T h e re is a real problem with
student writing at this university.
"Students are inadequately prepared in En­glish
and I don’t knosM that freshman English is
addressing the problem."
Chase said the new structure will stress quality
in student writing, and the quantity will only
diminish by one essay from the two*emester
structure. The maximum class size will be re­duced
from 24 students to 20.
Hanson said beisunsurewho should have the
responsibility o f teaching term-paper writing.
However, he said he would be in favor of
instituting a college writing course in the NAU
curriculum which would give students the skills
See ENGLISH, Page 7
Tiff an I Fradricks, 5, hugs Woodsy Owl Saturday, during 1hs Earth Day Festival at R Iordan Ranch State
Park. Tha festival waa held to promote Earth Day, which ia Thursday. jr
wants
election
nulled By Lukas Vehish
The Lumberjack
Presidential candidate Antonio
Felix said he wants the entire Associ­ated
Students of NAU election of
April 5 thrown out
In an appeal ten tatively scheduled
to be heard by the ASNAU Supreme
Court Friday, Felix will ask that the
ASNAU elections be dismissed based
on the court’s ruling that the elec­tion
c ommission had n o au thori ty to
disqualify Erik Anderson as a presi­dential
candidate for 11 election-code
violations.
In Felix'sappeal he said since the
commission did not have a constitu­tional
right to disqualify Anderson,
it c ould n o tlegitimate ly conduct the
ASNAU election.
Felix said if the election is thrown
ou tandelection sare postponed until
next fall, he won’t be a candidate.
He said it’s a matter of principle.
“We cannotaccept the results ofa
election in which there was no
mechanism to disqualify someone
who cheated,” Felix said. “Erik
Anderson set us on this path of de­struction
, all I’m doing is cleaning
up the consequences of his actions."
He said ASNAU can’t enforce its
constitution in a “half-assed" man­ner
— instead, he said it must be
T u i t i o n s e t
Felix
Increase nets NAU
$2.6 million, budget
cuts still planned
By Damon d in e
The Lumbeijack .
PHOENIX— The Arizona Board of Re­gents
raised 199^04 resident tuition by$250
and non-resident tuition by $350 last week,
and officials are not counting out the possi­bility
of an increase in 1994-95.
After Recreation Center and financial aid
fees are levied, 1993-94 NAU resident tu­ition
will total $1,844 per year, while yearly
non-resident tuition will climb to $6,596.
The 16 percent resident increase is the
largest in Arizona history. The non-resident
is the largest increase since NAU tuition was
raised from $4,954 to $5,854 in 1990-91.
Regents President Andrew Hurwitz said
several unknown factors, such as nextyear’s
budget, keep regents from ruling out an
increase for 1994-95.
“If there is an increase, I would hope it’sat
the rate of inflation," he said. “I would hope
we would not have an increase of this
magnatude next year."
Rhian Evans, outgoing student regent,
agreed with Hurwitz and said she would like
to see tuition increases better regulated.
“This year we reallvpaid for it because there Hughes denounces